Volume 10 Traveling North Chapter 866 [Born as a Song Pawn]
The eleventh day of the first month of the second year of the main road, it is also a good day with a sunny day, although the north wind is whirring in the morning, but in the afternoon it will also open to see the sun, and it is rare to see the warm winter sun. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
It's just that the defenders of Tokyo City, who were hit by the warm winter sun, didn't feel any warmth at all, and some were only anxious and uneasy, and the source of this feeling was that there were nearly 100,000 troops under the city with banners and attack formations, especially these enemy troops who seemed to be about to attack Tokyo City, and they looked like they were still wearing the costumes of the Song army, how could this make people not anxious?
Li Gang also changed into a Wenshan paper armor today, but he didn't match the pocket, but he just wrapped his hair in a red scarf on his head, and matched the length of the hair under his lips, which looked like a typical Confucian general. But now it seems that Li Gang's eyes are red, his eyes are swollen, his lips are chapped, and he is also restless, and the reason why he is so angry is obviously the Song army under the city.
"Humph! Geng Tang two thieves, wolf ambition! Looking at the nearly 100,000 forbidden troops under the city, although Li Gang gritted his teeth, his expression was very self-controlled. At present, this forbidden army is naturally the one that Zhao Huan brought to Mount Tai to seal Zen, and was awarded the command of Geng Nanzhong and Tang Ke in Yanzhou, and then retreated from Nanjing Yingtianfu, and then arrived at Tokyo last night.
As mentioned above, this army composed of the Japanese army, the Dragon Guard Army and the Imperial Car Army was originally used as a salute soldier, and went to Mount Tai with Zhao Huan to seal the Zen pretend, so although the armor of the army is complete, the riding configuration is not enough, and more than eighty percent of them are foot soldiers. And as Zhao Huan first took out 2,000 handfuls of Japanese elite cavalry to escort him to run away and was ambushed in Yutai, and then Han Jinbao took out 500 elite cavalry of the Imperial Chariot Army and carried all the horses to pursue, which finally made this forbidden army a pure infantry army.
But even so, it only took more than 20 days to rush back to Tokyo from Yanzhou, Shandong, which can be regarded as elite.
And today's problem, when the nearly 100,000 troops rushed to the city of Tokyo last night and wanted to enter the city to rest and rest, Li Gang strictly ordered the four gates to be locked and not allowed to leave. As a last resort, this Song army could only freeze under the city for a night, and this morning it lined up in front of the city again, waiting to open the city gate and enter the city to rebuild...... At least, that's what the officers and soldiers who are now trembling and lining up under the city think.
Just when Li Gang and the city head were scolding Geng Tang and the two thieves, Geng Nanzhong and Tang Ke, who were in the army in front of the city, were also scolding "Li Gang's puppet".
Let's talk about Geng Nanzhong first, this person is a person from Kaifeng. In the fifth year of Shenzong Yuanfeng (1082), he successively served as a Jinshi, and successively served as a transfer envoy to Liangzhejiang and Hebei West Road Changping, Guangnan East Road and Kuizhou Road Prison, Jinghu and Jiangxi Road. Later, he became a member of the household department, Biyong Siye, and sat out of Quzhou. In the second year of Zhenghe, he was the right concubine of the crown prince, and the king and the king of Jia were revised. The Russian test prince Zhan Shi has been in the East Palace for ten years.
After Zhao Huan ascended the throne, he worshiped the scholar of the Imperial Palace, signed the Privy Council, promoted the book Zuo Cheng, and the servant of the door, because he strongly advocated the cutting of the land and sued for peace, and vigorously welcomed Zhao Huan's enshrinement of Zen, so he was named the camp envoy by Zhao Huan in Yanzhou.
As for Tang Ke, this person is Qinsuo, a native of Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang). In the first year of Zhezong Shaosheng (1094), he served as the lieutenant of Chenxian County, the prefect of Yuci, the governor of Changping in Hedong, and the judge of Jiangdong Transfer.
It is said that the two are also unlucky, originally in Yanzhou, the two of them strongly opposed Zhao Huan's adoption of the "golden cicada shell" plan, Zhao Huan in Yutai after the accident, the two had a disagreement with Wu Min, and later found that the 100,000 forbidden army in their hands was useless in the face of the golden army with high mobility, all they could think of was to lead this force back to Tokyo as soon as possible, and then make a plot.
However, the development of events is often unsatisfactory, the two first found that Wu Min had a disagreement with them, and actually went to the Daimyo Mansion to conspire with Zhang Bangchang and Li Bangyan, and then quickly went south to Huangzhou, and then the two heard that Zhang and Li returned to Beijing after the court criticized them, so that they hurried to Xingren Mansion with the forbidden army, and Xingren Mansion actually closed its doors and did not provide grain and grass food. had no choice but to do so, because at this time, Tang Ke's acquaintance with the same branch was serving as the prefect of Yingtianfu in Nanjing, so the two led the army to Yingtianfu to eat.
After arriving at Yingtianfu, as soon as the two of them were combined, they sent envoys to Tokyo, hoping to call Li Gang, Zong Ze, Zhang Bangchang, Li Bangyan and others to Nanjing to discuss, but they were also rejected by the four, and finally had no choice but to personally lead the troops back to Tokyo.
And this set of rhetoric, that is, the version of what Geng Nanzhong, Tang Ke and his subordinates say at the moment, it doesn't matter if others believe it or not, anyway, their subordinates believe it.
For a while, the forbidden troops under the city just wanted to return to the city without knowing it, but Li Gang in the city thought that he knew the wolf ambitions of Geng Nanzhong and Tang Ke, and refused to open the door to let them into the city, so naturally it was a stalemate.
However, around noon, the situation changed again, and a group of Song cavalry galloped from the east, and after approaching, they went straight to the front of the city, but Li Gang saw that the leading young general was none other than Yue Fei in the imperial chariot army.
Yue Fei led more than 300 cavalry to the city wall, and Li Gang also boldly asked people to lower the drawbridge and let them come to the city gate, Yue Fei also pointed to the forbidden army under the city and asked, "Lord Li, why is this so?" ”
Li Gang naturally had a relationship with Yue Fei and Huang Jie, and knew that he would not be Geng Nanzhong and Tang Ke's henchmen, so he also bluntly said: "Geng and Tang came with military prestige, and they were afraid of doing bad things, so they didn't let them enter the city!" ”
Yue Fei is familiar with military books, and now that he has been in the army for a long time, he naturally understands what Li Gang said, so he asked, "Do you know the whereabouts of our generals?" ”
Yue Fei's general, naturally Huang Jie, the nominal commander of the Imperial Car Army, Li Gang naturally did not hide it, so he also said bluntly: "Shangzhu State guards Empress Taishang from Huangzhou, calculate the distance, and arrive in Tokyo in these two days!" ”
Hearing the news, Yue Fei immediately had a calculation, and said, "My lord, can there be something that Yue has to do?" ”
When Li Gang heard this, he pondered for a moment and then asked rhetorically: "Dare to ask General Yue Xiao, the surname of the Imperial Chejun is Huang ...... Or is it surnamed Song? ”
Yue Fei was furious when he heard this, so he also shouted: "Naturally, the surname is Song!" ”
As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed his left arm, and tore the sleeve of his arm, revealing the inscription on his arm. Seeing Yue Fei's movements, more than 300 royal chariot cavalry also followed suit, all with split sleeves and bright arms, so he heard Yue Fei shout: "When my generals built the army, they made it clear that the soldiers of the imperial chariot army should take it as their responsibility to protect their families and defend the country, and they will be born as Song pawns and die as Song ghosts!" ”
"Born as a Song pawn, died as a Song ghost!" As Yue Fei said, the three hundred cavalry all roared, and they also saw four big gold seals on everyone's arms, which were "protecting the family and defending the country".
Li Gang also asked: "In this case, can the Imperial Car Army help Li defend the city?" ”